the eclipse c/c++ ide projects and ecosystem
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The Eclipse C/C++ IDE Projects and Ecosystem EclipseCon 2011
Doug Schaefer, Wind River Systems CDT Project Lead
Where did the CDT come from?
Started as a fork of JDT but for C/C++
QNX contributed initial code and started community in 2002
Focus on enabling integration with external tools
– Compilers and debuggers
JDT set the bar for functionality and usability
Java Native debugging the holy grail
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What is CDT? - C and C++ Projects
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What is CDT? Editor
Keyword highlighting, bracket matching
Outline View, Content assist
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What is CDT? Source Navigation
Open Declaration, C/C++ Search
Call hierarchy, Type Hierarchy, Includes browser
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What is CDT? Build
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What is CDT? Debug
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GNU Tools as Exemplary Integration
Available for almost all platforms
Show the proper way to do tool integrations
Many ecosystem companies leverage this integration
– Especially in embedded world
As CDT evolved, so did GNU tools
– Now a world class combination with gcc and gdb
– A first class IDE for Linux
– But can also be used with Windows (MinGW or Cygwin)
– Apple (more on that later)
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Eclipse C/C++ IDE
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Eclipse C/C++ IDE
C/C++ IDE for Linux Developers also available
– Adds autoconf, Linux profiling tools
Indigo additions for C/C++ IDE Package
– Microsoft Visual C++ toolchain support
– Embedded development support
including RSE, TCF, cross gnu tools integration
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C/C++ Family at Eclipse
Linux Tools Project
– Tools for Linux Developers
Target Communication Framework
– Protocol and Service Framework for Targets
Target Management
– Terminal View, Remote Systems Explorer
Parallel Tools Project
– Tools for High Performance computing
Sequoyah Tools for Mobile Project
– Native tools for mobile platforms
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The Greater Ecosystem
Embedded Platform Vendors
– Wind River Workbench
– QNX Momentics
– Texas Instruments Code Composer
– Nokia Carbide
– Montavista Dev Rocket
– and many, many more
Open Source Platforms
– Linux Distros
– Yocto Embedded Linux
– Android
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And the Ecosystem keeps Growing!
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The Rise of the User
User contributions to CDT on the rise
– Ericsson
– Broadcom
– A handful of small independents
Focused mainly on improving quality
– Make sure CDT works for their users
Hugely important to the Eclipse ecosystem
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What’s happening in CDT today?
Codan static analysis
Multi-core Debug
– Pin and clone views to debug contexts
– Debug element grouping
– Gdb multi-context support
General quality improvements
– Scanner Discovery clean-up
– Build scalability
– Platform build configurations
– Refactoring improvements
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What cool things could we do?
Java native debugging still holy grail
– Should be important for Android, Eclipse
Apple platform support
– As alternative to Xcode
– Support for Objective-C
Windows Platform
– Debugging to go along with Visual C++ build support
– C#?
External builders support
– CMake, SCons, Jam
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Areas that need work
Build UI and Workflows
Refactoring coverage and quality
Codan code checkers and quick fix
Scalability to massive projects
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C/C++ Alive and Well at Eclipse
To the 25+ committers and countless contributors who bring the C/C++ IDE to you.
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Thank you!